The top-seeded Rams are looking for the school’s first boys soccer district championship in a decade.

Under first-year head coach Edward Stroop, Riverview can achieve its goal Friday night back at the Ram Bowl beginning at 7 p.m. with a victory in the district title game.

The Rams will face No. 2 seed St. Petersburg for the district crown. St. Petersburg beat No. 3 seed Manatee 3-1 on Wednesday night in the other semifinal match to advance.

“I’m very proud of the boys and how they have matured over the season,” Stroop said. “We just try to stay within ourselves and our system of play.”

Riverview peppered the Patriots with 13 shots before Warren Grajalez found the back of the net with his right foot from 22 yards out with 2:26 remaining in the first half. Carlos Cabrerra earned an assist on the goal.

Before Grajalez scored, Cabrera kicked a rocket that ricocheted off the right post. Less than a minute later, teammate Stephen Mack was frustrated by the same post.

Cabrera came close two other times in the first half, on a header and a kick that just missed, both flying narrowly over the crossbar.

“Our style of play is possession with building from the back,” Stroop said. “We then like to finish with the top third. But sometimes they just don’t go in right away.”

Still leading just 1-0, despite the second half being played almost entirely in front of the Pinellas Park goal, the Rams finally took a 2-0 lead with 9:43 left in the match.